Existing law: (1) requires a facility for the dependent to be licensed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) imposes certain duties on a facility for the dependent concerning treatment of patients; (3) requires agents and employees of a facility for the dependent to receive cultural competency training; (4) prohibits a facility for the dependent from using a misleading name; and (5) exempts a facility for the dependent from a requirement that imposes certain safeguards relating to smoking from a requirement to equip every door to an exit corridor which serves 30 or more occupants with a device which closes the door. (NRS 449.030, 449.101-449.104, 449.204, 449A.100-449A.118, 477.120) Existing law requires a halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders to be licensed as a facility for the dependent and otherwise follow the laws and regulations governing facilities for the dependent. (NRS 449.0045, 449.030) Existing law also requires a facility for the education, prevention and treatment of persons with alcohol or other substance use disorders, including a halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders, to be certified by the Division as a condition of receiving public money. (NRS 458.025) Section 1 of this bill removes the designation of a halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders as a facility for the dependent, thereby: (1) removing the requirement that such a halfway house be licensed by the Division while preserving the requirement that such a halfway house be certified by the Division in order to receive public money; and (2) excluding such a halfway house from the duties, requirements, prohibitions and exemptions that apply to a facility for the dependent. Section 3 of this bill makes a conforming change to remove a requirement that the Division post on the Internet information concerning the licensing status and quality of halfway houses for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders. Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to remove a reference to a halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders as a type of facility for the dependent. Sections 2 and 6-9 of this bill replace the term “halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders” with the term “recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders.” Section 4 of this bill preserves certain immunity from liability for volunteers of a recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 449.0045, 449.008, 449.03075, 41.485, 129.050, 244.3549, 268.0193, 278.02374
Reprint 1: 449.0045, 449.008, 449.03075, 41.485, 129.050, 244.3549, 268.0193, 278.02374
As Enrolled: 449.0045, 449.008, 449.03075, 41.485, 129.050, 244.3549, 268.0193, 278.02374
BDR: 449.0045, 449.008, 449.03075, 41.485, 129.050, 244.3549, 268.0193, 278.02374